A serial novel, updated Saturdays. In the future, Humanity has spread to space. But Earth has been brought under the control of the Kilon Federation. Other human civilizations, including the Martian Confederacy, stand by, held back by fear or apathy, and tolerate the humiliation of Humanity's homeworld.
Will Earth remain under the control of the alien Kilons? Will Mars rise to liberate it, or supplant it? Will Alex and his crew find their way in an unrelenting galaxy? Tune in to find out!

Friday, December 28, 2012

SPARK of Tyranny - Part 58: The End

The Bucephalus, having
dropped off its passengers at a refugee center on Mars, came back to find the
battle was largely over. Jade was ready to head back and see if the people
she’d dropped off wanted a lift home when a familiar voice came on over the
com. They found Michael and Alex floating in a SPARK escape pod, patiently
waiting for pickup. As they pulled the two into the cargo bay, they found
themselves with front row seats for the destruction of the SPARK as it flew
into the Sun, destroying it utterly and completely.

On Earth, the Bucephalus
landed in New York to hero’s welcome. Martian ships set down as well, and were
welcomed as members of the human family. It was the first time most of them had
ever been to their homeworld, the world that they’d just sacrificed so much to
save.

The dead were mourned, but the mood was celebratory, hopeful.
Across the Terran Republic, Kilon officials were run off of worlds, Kilon
forces overwhelmed. For the first time in decades, the Earth was free.

The mood on Mars was celebratory, yet muted. The Martians had sacrificed much for Earth’s
freedom. Its flagship and most important leader were now gone. Commander Carter
stood before the Martian Senate, and presented Admiral Siderénios’s final
message. A message that the Martian Confederacy could no longer sit idly by and
ignore the galaxy, that they had a rightful place, and responsibility. Her
sacrificed galvanized the Martian people. They were ready to take
responsibility. They were ready for war.

On Kilos, Broker Mertomco was held to blame for what was being
referred to as the SPARK incident. He was declared a fugitive from justice by
the Kilon Federation, yet his whereabouts are unknown. Throughout the
federation, fear is spreading. Fear that they’d grossly overreached. Fear that
they’d awoken an enemy they could not control. Fear of man. Their future in the
galaxy had become much less certain.

Somewhere, at the edges of Kilon space, Mertomco was brokering a
deal. Where one old ally now seemed to be an enemy, he reasoned that the best
solution was to use an old enemy as an ally. If he could maneuver things just
so, the Redipsilon Alliance could rise once more.